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Some English students have a hard time expressing complex ideas in short sentences. They don’t know how to summarize or synthesize information. This short lesson helps students overcome that barrier by teaching them how to construct a hypothesis with an easy to learn sentence pattern.
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Student Level: intermediate +
Lesson time: 50-75 minutes
Extra resource: pdf file with images and suggested answers for class review .
A hypothesis is a sentence which shows us how two different things are connected. There are many ways to write a hypothesis. This lessons focuses on one sentence pattern because it is easy to understand and use.
Here are some examples:
When writing a hypothesis sentence, it is important to remember this:
Now look at the key words in the 4 hypothesis sentences above. How can we measure these different things?
Check this file for a few possible answers .
In this short task, students apply their new found knowledge of the hypothesis sentence pattern. The task uses a famous video clip with Steve Jobs .
Step 1: Introduce video clip. It is a small part of a speech made by Steve Jobs at a university convocation.
Step 2: Students listen to the video and summarize the main idea in the form of a hypothesis sentence pattern.
Step 3: Play video 2-3 times.
Step 4: Students to work in pairs and create one hypothesis sentence that summarizes the speaker’s main idea.
Step 5: Review answers in class.
Another practice round where students summarize data by creating hypothesis sentences. The suggested teaching approach is a pair work fluency drill.
Step 1: Put students in pairs or small groups.
Step 2: Introduce task. Students look at an image for one minute. They write one sentence hypothesis sentence that summarizes the data.
Step 3: Show the first image as a group practice effort.
Step 4: Give students 1 to 2 minutes to study the image and write a hypothesis sentence with their partner.
Step 5: After time has passed, review answers in class.
Step 6: Begin the drill. Show each image for 1 – 2 minutes, or enough time for students to think about, create and write down one hypothesis statement.
Step 7: After all images have been examined, review sentences on whiteboard with whole class.
Here are some images and data sets for the drill:
Check this file to few the graphs and show some possible answers .
This video shows the history of Earth . 200 years of change in 4 minutes. It is a unique presentation that will help build your students’ vocabulary and listening skills. The video is also a good example of telling a great story with hypothesis sentences.
Step 1. Watch the video one time.
Step 2. Make notes and answer these questions with a partner.
Step 3. Discuss answers with whole class.
Step 4. Write a paragraph or more to explain the cause and effect relationship in the hypothesis.
Depending on the needs of your class, it might be a good idea to preview some vocabulary before students watch the video. Here are some words and phrases critical to video comprehension.
Enjoy the lesson. Cheers!
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3 thoughts on “writing hypothesis sentences”.
Great site!
Thank you for the video. I can understand it, but I can’t define or explain it in ratio form. Please define and answer your question for me, so I can better understand. Thank you again.
Really good explanation. I’ll try to use it during lessons. I like a lot creative lessons ant this is one of them.
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Roberson was convicted in 2002 of killing his sickly 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis. He had rushed her blue, limp body to the hospital and said that Nikki fell from the bed while they were sleeping in their home in the East Texas town of Palestine, and that he awoke to find her unresponsive. But doctors and nurses, who were unable to revive her, did not believe such a low fall could have caused the fatal injuries and suspected child abuse.
At trial, doctors testified that Nikki’s death was consistent with shaken baby syndrome — in which an infant is severely injured from being shaken violently back and forth — and a jury convicted Roberson.
The Court of Criminal Appeals in 2016 stopped his execution and sent the case back to the trial court after the scientific consensus around shaken baby syndrome diagnoses came into question . Many doctors believe the condition is used as an explanation for an infant’s death too often in criminal cases, without considering other possibilities and the baby’s medical history.
The Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision in 2016 was largely a product of a 2013 state law, dubbed the “junk science law,” which allows Texas courts to overturn a conviction when the scientific evidence used to reach a verdict has since changed or been discredited. Lawmakers, in passing the law, highlighted cases of infant trauma that used faulty science to convict defendants as examples of the cases the legislation was meant to target. Critics have argued that in the decade since the law was codified, it has rarely provided justice as intended for wrongfully convicted individuals.
Roberson’s attorneys, in his latest habeas corpus petition denied on Wednesday, cited new evidence and three expert opinions that they said proved that Nikki died of natural and accidental causes — not of head trauma.
They said that Nikki had “severe, undiagnosed” pneumonia that caused her to stop breathing, collapse and turn blue before she was discovered. Then, instead of identifying her pneumonia, doctors prescribed her Phenergan and codeine, drugs that are no longer given to children her age, further suppressing her breathing, they argued.
“It is irrefutable that Nikki’s medical records show that she was severely ill during the last week of her life,” Roberson’s attorneys wrote in their opposition to setting an execution date, noting that in the week before her death, Roberson had taken Nikki to the emergency room because she had been coughing, wheezing and struggling with diarrhea for several days, and to her pediatrician’s office, where her temperature came in at 104.5 degrees.
“There was a tragic, untimely death of a sick child whose impaired, impoverished father did not know how to explain what has confounded the medical community for decades,” Roberson’s attorneys wrote.
They have also argued that new scientific evidence suggests that it is impossible to shake a toddler to death without causing serious neck injuries, which Nikki did not have.
And they argued that Roberson, who was later diagnosed with autism, was “treated with suspicion” for not displaying “sufficient emotion” at the hospital. Brian Wharton, the lead detective who investigated Nikki’s death and testified against Roberson, has since said he no longer believes that Roberson is guilty of Nikki’s death and pressed for relief.
Roberson’s attorneys also cited developments in a similar case in Dallas County, in which a man was convicted of injuring a child. His conviction was based in part on now partially recanted testimony from a child abuse expert who provided similar testimony on shaken baby syndrome in Roberson’s case. Prosecutors in Dallas County have said the defendant should get a new trial.
In 2023, when the Court of Criminal Appeals denied Roberson a new trial, prosecutors argued that the evidence supporting Roberson’s conviction was still “clear and convincing” and that the science around shaken baby syndrome had not changed as much as his defense attorneys claimed.
The scheduling of Roberson’s execution triggers a series of deadlines for any last filings in state and federal court to seek relief and begin a request for clemency.
This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune and distributed through a partnership with The Associated Press.
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1. According to the hypothesis of Waldeyer and Thiersch there is perfect equilibrium between the normal epithelium and its supporting structure, the connective tissue, but with advancing age this balance is upset owing to the connective tissue gradually losing its restraining power. 9. 6.
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4 Alternative hypothesis. An alternative hypothesis, abbreviated as H 1 or H A, is used in conjunction with a null hypothesis. It states the opposite of the null hypothesis, so that one and only one must be true. Examples: Plants grow better with bottled water than tap water. Professional psychics win the lottery more than other people. 5 ...
Definition of Hypothesis. a proposed explanation or theory that is studied through scientific testing. Examples of Hypothesis in a sentence. The scientist's hypothesis did not stand up, since research data was inconsistent with his guess. Each student gave a hypothesis and theorized which plant would grow the tallest during the study.
The meaning of HYPOTHESIS is an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument. How to use hypothesis in a sentence. The Difference Between Hypothesis and Theory Synonym Discussion of Hypothesis.
5. Phrase your hypothesis in three ways. To identify the variables, you can write a simple prediction in if…then form. The first part of the sentence states the independent variable and the second part states the dependent variable. If a first-year student starts attending more lectures, then their exam scores will improve.
Competing in a Global Economy. (1990) Country data also provide evidence supporting the hypothesis. Forstner, Helmut, Ballance, Robert. Competing in a Global Economy. (1990) His colleagues must surely be asking themselves whether they really need to test this hypothesis before making a change. Times, Sunday Times. (2011)
15 Hypothesis Examples. A hypothesis is defined as a testable prediction, and is used primarily in scientific experiments as a potential or predicted outcome that scientists attempt to prove or disprove (Atkinson et al., 2021; Tan, 2022). In my types of hypothesis article, I outlined 13 different hypotheses, including the directional hypothesis ...
hypothesis. noun. Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there. synonyms. guess.
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Simple Hypothesis Examples. Increasing the amount of natural light in a classroom will improve students' test scores. Drinking at least eight glasses of water a day reduces the frequency of headaches in adults. Plant growth is faster when the plant is exposed to music for at least one hour per day.
An educated guess or proposed explanation based on limited evidence, used as a starting point for further investigation. Synonyms: theory. theorem. thesis. conjecture. supposition. speculation. postulation.
Sentences with Hypothesis. Hypothesis: The sun rises in the east. They formulated a null hypothesis to compare against the alternative. We need to revise the original hypothesis. They discussed the hypothesis with colleagues in their field. They formulated competing hypotheses to compare and contrast the findings.
Step 3: Formulate your hypothesis. Now you should have some idea of what you expect to find. Write your initial answer to the question in a clear, concise sentence. Example: Initial expectations Attending more lectures leads to better exam results. Step 4: Refine your hypothesis. You need to make sure your hypothesis is specific and testable.
However, such a hypothesis is again unable to explain the selective maintenance of alleles in humans.: The multidimensionality of racial identity and its impact on the various communication dimensions of classroom learning led to the following research question and hypothesis.: To test this hypothesis in the two fossil species, I measured eight aspects of 60 astragali from UCMP locality 1100 ...
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They write one sentence hypothesis sentence that summarizes the data. Step 3: Show the first image as a group practice effort. Step 4: Give students 1 to 2 minutes to study the image and write a hypothesis sentence with their partner. Step 5: After time has passed, review answers in class. Step 6: Begin the drill.
226+9 sentence examples: 1. Let me enumerate many flaws in your hypothesis. 2. She wrote something to summarize her hypothesis. 3. The researcher sets up experiments to test the hypothesis. 4. Scientists have proposed a bold hypothesis. 5.
HYPOTHESIS definition: 1. an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved…. Learn more.
Learning how to write a hypothesis comes down to knowledge and strategy. So where do you start? Learn how to make your hypothesis strong step-by-step here.
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Roberson has maintained his innocence while being held on death row for more than 20 years. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals previously halted his execution in 2016. But in 2023, the state's highest criminal court decided that doubt over the cause of his daughter's death was not enough to overturn his death sentence. His new execution date, Oct. 17, was set in July.